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Post by Leon on Oct 29, 2013 15:53:02 GMT -5
Hi guys,thought you might get a kick out of this.The Mrs.and i call him bear,he's got to be the biggest male ground hog i've ever seen.He's been around for 2 years now and this year he has a female companion.Still trying to get a pic of both of them,and no go.  |
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Post by TRM on Oct 29, 2013 15:55:37 GMT -5
"You don't see me.....I am a garden gnome...not seeing me!!" LOL!! Nice bit of nature there!!
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Post by Leon on Oct 29, 2013 15:58:58 GMT -5
Todd,nice one.I like it  |
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Post by TRM on Oct 29, 2013 16:07:21 GMT -5
Looks like you have been feeding him too much...HUGE!!
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Post by Leon on Oct 29, 2013 16:10:39 GMT -5
Todd the problem is,we don't feed him.He eats the grass and weeds in the garden.
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Post by TRM on Oct 29, 2013 16:20:45 GMT -5
From the looks of him I am guessing you don't need to cut the grass!!  |
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Post by wbill76 on Oct 29, 2013 17:35:43 GMT -5
Pretty good sized groundhog there Leon! Now we know how you keep track of your calendar seasons, you've got your very own indicator! |
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Post by deafpanzer on Oct 29, 2013 18:09:24 GMT -5
I smell BBQ party coming up at your place soon...
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Post by Leon on Oct 29, 2013 18:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by deafpanzer on Oct 29, 2013 18:39:25 GMT -5
Easy... just watch Duck Dynasty TV series you might learn how to cook one. They eat anything!
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Post by detailfreak on Oct 30, 2013 8:09:39 GMT -5
we have a few in the nieghborhood,folks down the street hand feed them.Very docile critters.
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Post by bbd468 on Oct 30, 2013 8:25:10 GMT -5
Dang Leon, he's a Big-un!!! He also looks like the back yard Bouncer!  |
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Post by Leon on Oct 30, 2013 16:13:02 GMT -5
Greg,this one won't even let me close to him  .I open the back door and he's gone runnin for his hole. Gary,when he's down on all fours he looks like a bear cub .As far as the back yard bouncer,the neighbors can won't even get near him to check him out.  |
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Post by Leon on Oct 30, 2013 16:19:46 GMT -5
WTF is that? Is it a dwarf in a fur coat? Dicky,it's what we colonials call a ground hog. |
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Post by Leon on Oct 30, 2013 16:32:04 GMT -5
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Post by reserve on Nov 9, 2013 19:57:08 GMT -5
Altho you might not think so, barbecued woodchuck is very good eating. I speak from experience as I ate quite a few of them in the old days when I lived back east; this was a nice fringe benefit of being a dedicated varmint hunter.
Regards,
Mark
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Post by Leon on Nov 9, 2013 20:23:04 GMT -5
Mark,thanks for heads up on the BBQ.This one should be right good eatin then. |
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Post by bigjohn on Nov 10, 2013 8:20:38 GMT -5
I have see thousands of those things. Living on a farm, we exterminate them when ever possible. I've shot them with a .22 and they run for the hole. though little critters they are.
I remember once when I was just a young en, We lived on a 380 acre farm. My side kick (German Sheppard) and I where out deep in the woods. I heard him fighting with something and went over to the creek to see that he was in a stare down with a ground hog. The GH was at the bottom of the creek bank looking up at the dog. neither one would move. The dog was waiting for the GH to loose attention. I snuck across the creek and went around behind the GH. I then picked up some rocks and threw them into the water behind the GH, when he turned to look behind him, The dog went for his throat.
That was a great lesson in tactics as I outflanked the Ground hog and distracted him from the rear forcing him to fight on two fronts.
Sorry for the rambling, but I always liked to tell that story, LOL
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Post by Leon on Nov 10, 2013 8:39:59 GMT -5
That's a great story John. |
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 10, 2013 8:42:21 GMT -5
Finally now we know how Bigjohn became attracted to Shermans! They liked to sneak behind Panthers and Tigers and shoot at its rear... |
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.I open the back door and he's gone runnin for his hole. 
